Controls Technician
About The Position
At Allegion, we help keep the people you know and love safe and secure where they live, work and visit. With more than 40 brands, 14,000+ employees globally and products sold in 130 countries, we specialize in security around the doorway and beyond. Additionally, Allegion is proud to be recognized with the 2026 Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award (GEWA) for the third consecutive year, earning distinction in both the employee engagement and strengths categories. This year, Allegion also received Gallup’s With Distinction honor — a designation reserved for a select group of organizations that build exceptional workplace cultures. This role is for a Senior/Master-Level Controls & Industrial Electrical Technician whose core mission is to rapidly isolate and repair root-cause electrical, mechanical, and control-loop failures on active production lines during critical downtime windows without resorting to guesswork.
Requirements
- Minimum of 5 years hands-on industrial electrical/controls diagnostics in high-volume manufacturing.
- Associate degree in Industrial Electronics/Automation/Electrical Systems or a completed certified apprenticeship (equivalent military/veteran experience evaluated).
- Able to navigate production floors, climb ladders, and lift up to 50 lbs.
Responsibilities
- Methodically trace live electrical faults from 480V 3-phase distribution down to 5V–24V DC logic loops, differentiating between mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and electrical failures.
- Read, interpret, and reverse-engineer complex US/EU industrial electrical schematics, ladder logic, and I/O hardware configurations.
- Build, modify, clean-wire, and optimize industrial control panels/enclosures adhering to UL508A and NEC standards.
- Calibrate field devices (sensors, photo-eyes, safety curtains) and parameterize/troubleshoot Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs) and servo systems.
- Expert use of multimeters, oscilloscopes, megohmmeters (insulation testers), and loop calibrators.
Benefits
- Health, dental and vision insurance coverage
- Generous Vacation and Sick Time
- 401K plan with a 6% company match and no vesting period
- Health Savings Accounts
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Voluntary Wellness Program
- Employee Discounts through Perks at Work
- Community involvement and opportunities to give back
- Opportunities to leverage your unique strengths through CliftonStrengths assessment & coaching
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
